Chester

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United States Navy admiral admiral human naval officer

Chester is the given name of Chester W. Nimitz, the prominent U.S. Navy fleet admiral who played a leading role in the Pacific theater during World War II.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Chester W. Nimitz 0

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Navy admiral ⓘ
admiral ⓘ
human ⓘ
naval officer ⓘ
allegiance United States of America ⓘ
awardReceived Army Distinguished Service Medal ⓘ
Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath ⓘ
surface form: Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath

Navy Distinguished Service Medal ⓘ
Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
conflict Pacific War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
educatedAt United States Naval Academy ⓘ
familyName Nimitz ⓘ
fieldOfWork military strategy ⓘ
naval warfare ⓘ
givenName Chester self-linksurface differs ⓘ
hasHonorificSuffix United States Navy ⓘ
surface form: USN
hasPartInMotive island-hopping strategy in the Pacific theater ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Navy ⓘ
militaryCommand Pacific Ocean Areas ⓘ
U.S. Pacific Fleet ⓘ
surface form: United States Pacific Fleet
militaryRank Fleet Admiral ⓘ
militaryUnit U.S. Pacific Fleet ⓘ
nativeLanguage English ⓘ
notableEvent Battle of Leyte Gulf NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of Midway ⓘ
Battle of the Coral Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of the Philippine Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor command of U.S. Pacific Fleet in World War II ⓘ
notableRole senior U.S. naval commander in the Pacific theater during World War II ⓘ
notableWork leadership of U.S. naval forces in the Pacific theater during World War II ⓘ
occupation military leader ⓘ
naval officer ⓘ
partOf United States Pacific Fleet command structure ⓘ
positionHeld Chief of Naval Operations ⓘ
Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas ⓘ
Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet ⓘ
surface form: Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet
residence United States of America ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chester A. Arthur → givenName → Chester ⓘ
Chester Bowles → givenName → Chester ⓘ
Chester W. Nimitz → givenName → Chester ⓘ
Nimitz → givenName → Chester ⓘ
subject surface form: Chester W. Nimitz
Chester → givenName → Chester self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Chester W. Nimitz